Il Gobbo (1960)
This drama, loosely based on the legend of the "Hunchback," is set in Rome, 1944. The story begins as the Hunchback, a leader of the Resistance rapes a Nazi collaborator's daughter. Later he falls in love with her. As he is trying to steal arms from a Nazi arsenal, the Germans shoot the Hunchback. He ends up hiding in her house where he kills her father. He is soon captured and tortured by the Fascists. Meanwhile, the hapless girl miscarries her child and becomes a prostitute. Later the Hunchback and his 150 Resistance fighters take over a Roman suburb and attempt to liberate the town whores from a life of prostitution. His attempts fail. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gérard Blain, Bernard Blier, (more)
- Director(s):
- Carlo Lizzani
Synopsis of Il Gobbo
This drama, loosely based on the legend of the "Hunchback," is set in Rome, 1944. The story begins as the Hunchback, a leader of the Resistance rapes a Nazi collaborator's daughter. Later he falls in love with her. As he is trying to steal arms from a Nazi arsenal, the Germans shoot the Hunchback. He ends up hiding in her house where he kills her father. He is soon captured and tortured by the Fascists. Meanwhile, the hapless girl miscarries her child and becomes a prostitute. Later the Hunchback and his 150 Resistance fighters take over a Roman suburb and attempt to liberate the town whores from a life of prostitution. His attempts fail. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Il Gobbo
- Gérard Blain - The Hunchback
- Ivo Garrani - Moretti
- Angela Luce
- Teresa Pellati - Fiorin Fiorello
- Nino Castelnuovo - Cencio
- Bernard Blier - The Marshal
- Pier Paolo Pasolini - Er Monco
- Enzo Cerusico - Scheggia
- Franco Balducci - Pellaccia
- Anna Maria Ferrero - Ninetta
- Director(s):
- Carlo Lizzani
- Writer(s):
- Ugo Pirro, Vittoriano Petrilli, Luciano Vincenzoni
- Producer(s):
- Dino de Laurentiis
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